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As internet prices are quite high, it is necessary for parents to have internet at home for child’s homework, otherwise the homework is not done. Why don’t the companies lower their prices or the government to make sure the prices are kept lower?

1) If you're paying more than £25 a month now then you're paying too much. A lot of reducing the cost of internet is to jump provider every year/18 months via the new customer deals rather than sticking with who you're with now out of convenience.

2) The internet will never usually come in the home "just" for kids homework. It would be possible if internet access is needed for "just" homework to go to the nearest public library or the school library/internet. However if it comes into the home ultimately it will be used for far more than just the kids homework, especially when you realise the benefits of it, such as on-line banking, on-line shopping, email, etc.

Who are you with at the moment. lots of deals out there. look at signing up through a cashback site such as topcashback or quidco.
low priced or free broadband is out there.
get some of the best deals written down then ring up your current suppliers cancellations team and tell tnem your thinking of leaving. a new deal could well evolve from this call

Maybe what is needed is a complete rethink. Perhaps something along the lines of the household of a child that needs the internet for homework & has never had it before gets it free for a year, after the year they either carry on & pay for it, change supplier & pay for it or get disconnected & the child goes to the local library after school. That is always supposing that library is still open, as around here over 50% are closing after the final "consultation" in July.

I think it unlikely that a household that doesn't have internet would have a child living there with a smartphone. They also will not be able to google for the cheapest internet and wouldn't have a current supplier either. What they need is help, including help to ensure that those schoolchildren are NOT going on inappropriate sites. Otherwise we are looking at a situation where the kids are in control & that leads to bad things happening.

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